On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced the decision despite widespread opposition across the Middle East, Anadolu reported.

Palestine’s Islamic Jihad group described the controversial US move as an attempt to ignite “religious war” in the region.

"Trump's announcement contained disinformation and lies,” group spokesman Daoud Shehab said in a statement.

“It was intended to ignite religious conflict and will only serve to promote hatred," he added.

The US announcement, Shehab said, “revealed the true face of the US, which promotes terrorism across the Middle East.”

The US, he added, “can no longer be considered a stabilizing factor in the region”.

Meanwhile, speaking to the Al-Aqsa television channel, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said the move "constitutes an attack on the Arab and Muslim nations".

He described the decision as “an attempt to legitimize Zionist terrorism”.

Fawzi Barhoum went on to call for a Palestinian “national strategy” aimed at safeguarding Palestinian rights.

In a related development, Palestinian factions in the West Bank called for the staging of a “day of rage” on Thursday to protest the U.S decision.

In a statement, the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces, a coalition of Palestinian factions, called for a general strike and popular demonstrations to be held across the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Jerusalem remains at the core of the Israel-Palestine conflict, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem, now occupied by Israel, might eventually serve as the capital of a future Palestinian state.

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